ea- 
roa B the pate are ubmiiti i 'p t.ui p rim i, 
and till work ■ ur lig its ptogr ' s suhje tn me 
oonet-mt mspeetion of the natiomi '0x101 err. There 
If, theref'jre, no chance (or an> baphazart work 
even where local mon- y is exp ndod in making 
and repairing roads. The thriltioesa of Ihe French 
people has long excited the adiiiiiation of the 
world. .Neither internal revolution nor defeat from 
abroad has entailed upon this people burdens too 
heavy for them to bear. The splendid roadways 
whioh unite commune with commune and villaRS 
with village have helped them no little in their 
struggles against adversity, (or the tax which by 
poor interior communications is put upon the 
businees of a country has been reduced in their 
case to the very lowest point. And how much 
have these roads to do with the contentment to 
be found among the rural people of France ! The 
French agrioullutal elassoa are singular among the 
farmers of the world in not holding that nil 
tho world la at war with them. It is true that 
they practioe better methods of farming, but it 
is the good roads which to a great extent enable 
them to do this, for they can get their products, 
however perishable, cheaply and quickly to market, 
— LippitieoU's Mayazine. 
POINTS AND TECHNICAL TEKMS IN 
POULTBY. 
The points aud technical terms used in poultry 
phraseology are given in a recent mimber of tho 
Oultivator and Oouutry Ueutlemau of Albany, New 
York, by S. B.: 
1— Comb, of which there are five forms, single, pen 
or triple, rose, leal and fork- 
2— Face, the iloshy matter around tho eye, usually 
red, but while in Spsmsli, ami purple in Silkies. 
3 _Wattlos, pendulous il shy appondagos just below 
the beak. Always red except in Silkies. Varies 
greatly in length, and does «o in acoorilanoo with 
tho 8iz<! of tho comb. 
4 Ear-lobe, or (teat-ear, pondniit ornotneiit on the 
face, just below the rear car. Bed in some breeds, 
white in others, and also yellow and purple. 
5_VVhiakers, only found on a few breeds, and those 
almost entirely crested varieties. 
b— Crest, top knotl of feathers, in some varieties 
very much developed, notably Polisli, Crovncajurs, 
Sultans, etc. ... 
7— Beak, horny mibstanoo at mouth, vaiymg m color 
from white to yellow, principally the latter. 
B — Beard, (see No. C). 
9 — Neok-haokl'*, tho fliwing foather.i on tho neck, 
very profaso in some varieties. 
to — Breast, usnally bold ainl prominent, leas so in 
the Asiatic breeds than in others ; varies greatly in color. 
11 — Keel or breast bone, niest be ktraight, and tho 
deeper ths better is the fowl for tho table purposes. 
12 Back very lon^ in some breeds snd as short 
in others. 
13— Saddle, tlie feathers h.anging below are called 
the saddle liackle. 
14 — Thiirbs, or fleshy part of the leg. 
15 Hocks, always covered with feathers, but in 
some breeds slilF f. athors protrude therefrom, aud 
are called hock feathers. 
jQ Spur, speotally prominent in the cock, and 
more so m fo-ne breeds than others. Increases in 
eizo Jts Jth found on some birds, notably the 
Dorking aud the lloudan. 
Ig—Bsck-claw. . , , 
19— Muffs, or leg festtiers. tn mo.-it of the heavier 
Asiatic breeds of poultry, feathers grow down the side 
of tho log, and on the outer part ot tho foot, in 
Cochins, Brahmas, Sultans, etc., these are htglily 
developet], 
QO — ShoulderK, very promiueiit in a few bree<l»’, not- 
ably Malays and tbo Uamo varieties. 
■J1 — I'a -flufl 
ih root • til - 
22— CentM* tO' . 
23 -Shank-, el., ope o' ii.e > ‘'•I. 
24 — Wi th Uund or ciObA.inarkiuy ‘C on 
many f. wl-s. 
25— Prioisry coverts, tlio outer feather of the win^. 
26— Primary flight-, not seen when the wing is m 
repogt*. 
27— S cklo f athers, th<= lorg lircnbr feathers 
which form outer sweep of the 'at, a daresneh 
tt graeoliil addition to that impor-aut part of the 
fowl’s plu oajc. 
28— Primary tail, tho shorior, strai.hter feathers 
of the tail, aud in some varioties the princip 1. 
29 — Secondary BicklCy like the outer sickle, but 
•mailer. 
30— 'Pail coverts, the fading feathers, or hangers, 
below the base of the tail. 
— llural ('cUifoi'nian, 
TITK TASMA^'IAN SILVEK-FUCLD. 
Tho first discovery ot Tasmania was made on 
Noveenhor 24 Lb, 1642 , hy the Du'ch navigator Able 
Jtius Taemau. Tho first laud sighted by him was 
the muuntaiu buhsequontly called /''.chan, after one 
of his ships, and the bills ard coast lino in Us 
immediatu vicinity. This monutain and the surround* 
iug district, owing to the dcnsc-ncss of vegetation 
aud the unfruitful appearance of tho soil, remained 
a terra incognita from the period of its discovery 
until some five or six years ago, when the hardy 
oolooia) prospector, in his ^eHtle^s search for gold 
penetrated its dark and inhospitable foiests, and dis- 
covered, not tbo looked-for yellow metal, hut tho 
white. Little was thought of this discovery at the 
time. Tho colonists recogniaed tbo fact that silver 
was there in the /eeban c* untr? ; the prospector 
went his way s arching lor gold or tiu ; and so the 
roaltur remained in abeyarco. But ihe groat c.uccess 
of tho Broken liill mints tnnght tho Tnsiuani&nH 
duly to apprtciato tho possible wealth of Zsehaii, 
and wiihiu tho Inst ft u'r Toara tho quest for silver 
has been pursued with energy. Ono discovery of 
silver deposits has foHowod another, and altogether 
80,010 acres are rented from tho Oovernratut, on re- 
newablti 21-yoar lease-, for Mlvr-r-uuning ptir-poaos ; 
snd in tho centre of what is bnlleved bo the 
richest portion of tho field, one of tboso mining towns 
which rise as by maKio about tbe shaft and poppet 
heads is rapidly Assuming the proportions of a city. 
Two years ago the site of the presoiit town of 
Zeohan was a valley of niyrile, blue-guru, and pine 
trees, with farro and there a few calico tents twink- 
ling throagh the fdiago. Now it is a cleared apace, 
upon, which some 3,000 people have settled either in 
houses of their own or in largo and woll-appainted 
hotels, that provide acciOmniodation for hundreds. 
Four^ churches havo been erected or are in course of 
creciiou; puhlic halls and billiard ssloors furnish 
amuseinent for the residents; abrigh' H»tle tri-weekly 
newspaper keeps the miners au courant with the affairs 
of tho outside world ; and the esrpontor’s saw and 
hammer aro beard day and flight, inaklug farther 
provisioQ for the crowds which continiio to pour in 
from the dUtric^s of Xa'^mania sod the neighbouring 
colouif It is (stimsted that about 0,000 people aro 
now upon the field, the majority of whom are actively 
employed in inittiug, and every ►ucceeding day brings 
its own evidence of tho rich abundaoco of silver ore 
wliich is a waiting dovelopment. 
During the past two years nearly 200 companies 
have been placed upon the Melbourne, Hobart, and 
Lftunc»'8t(m markets, and tho ehares have been 
readily subscribed for, chiefly hv capitaliHts who 
have during the p*8t few years gleaned a rich harvest 
in the silver-field of Broken Hill. Most of the 'g com- 
panics am now actively engaged in dovoloping their 
properties, aud many are pu ting oiit large quantities 
of payable ore. AlthouKh nearly all silver-mming 
necesBarius, such as timber, water, and smelting fluxes, 
